The emergence of trade in a peasant society
Abstract
Hardly any field of studies has been laden with more emotional values and prejudices than the study of peasant societies. More often than not peasant villages have been seen as corporate and self-sufficient units in a subsistence economy. Although occasionally handicraft production is mentioned, it is quite often seen in the framework of subsistence production, in which peasants produce their own agricultural implements and other daily needs. These are, at best, exchanged among peasants within the same or neighbouring villages.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Historical Economic and Social Studies
Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis
Historical Economic and Legal Thought
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 76–87
- Publication date
- 11 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter